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World War Two / Re: Service record look up
« on: Wednesday 21 March 18 16:14 GMT (UK)  »
Medpat - I had read the whole thread, but wasn't sure if my step-mother would have been considered the next of kin rather than myself or my brother. My father was an only child, but my grandfather wasn't (although I'm not in contact with that part of the family). Was just looking for reassurance more than anything else.

Thank you Ruskie, I'll pop my application in the post to them tomorrow and hope that I'm successful in finding out more about my grandfather. Fingers crossed I'll be able to commemorate him and the battles he fought in, properly, later this year. Thanks (feeling quite hopeful now!).

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World War Two / Re: Service record look up
« on: Wednesday 21 March 18 11:43 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry to jump onto this post, but I'm hoping someone can advise me.

My grandfather (Francis 'Frank' John Langmaid, born 27 Dec 1914) served in the Royal Signals in WW2, we used to have his medals but they have now gone (long story); we know he served in Malaysia. I have no idea what rank he was. Both my grandmother and my father have also died (my step-mother is alive as is my birth mother), so I'm guessing that myself and my brother would be considered the next of kin now?  Is that right?

I'd really like to know more about my grandfathers military history, as there seems to be speculation that his war record is not online (via ancestry.com military history records) because he was in the SOE? Whenever we asked my grandfather about fighting in the war, he would flatly refuse to talk about it joking that he ran the other way - which he clearly didn't as he had the night terrors and medals to prove it.

Any advice offered is much appreciated.

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